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Orthodox students at Brandeis U. decry ad calling school ‘anything but Orthodox’

The two-page spread was part of a campaign meant to demonstrate a “mix of humor, seriousness, and an emphasis on its Jewish heritage.”

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Brandeis University sign
Williams Hall at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Jan. 1, 2005.

U of Vermont ‘vigorously denies’ fostering an antisemitic environment on campus

A statement Thursday by UVM President Suresh Garimella rejects three of the central allegations in the complaint brought against the university by current and former Jewish students.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
The cover of the ‘New Palestine’ broadsheet on January 13, 1920 advertising the Palestine Restoration Fund.

An American-illustrated declaration of the Zionist dream

In 1912, a major development in the American Zionist movement occurred. Justice Louis D. Brandeis became the leader of the Federation of American Zionists.

|ByDAVID GEFFEN
Louis Brandeis

Brandeis’s role in Balfour

The truth is that Brandeis was involved at an important juncture in Jewish and world history, and his actions were as crucial as any of the players in the story.

|BySTUART GELLER